Cats make great characters in my opinion and I love most cat books. After seeing Where is tippy toes? by Betsy Lewin, I started thinking about all the great cat picture books that have come out in the past few years. Some of my favorites have been:
Chester by Melanie Watt
What will fat cat sit on? by Jan Thomas
There are cats in this book by Viviane Schwarz
I don't want a cool cat! by Emma Dodd
For the Love of Autumn by Patricia Polacco
Of course there are many more titles I could add to this list but that seems like a good start! Any other favorite cats books from last last few year to include?
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
The Wide-Awake Princess
I wasn't sure what to expect when I started reading The Wide-Awake Princess by E.D. Baker. I'm a fan of most fantasy and love any good fairy tale, but something about the cover to this novel looked a too little disney cartoon like for my taste. Boy am I glad I didn't judge this book just on the cover! What looks like just another retelling of Sleeping Beauty take a different turn when Sleeping Beauty's younger sister doesn't fall alseep with the rest of the castle. I was pleasently surprised by the story and how other classic fairy tales got mixed in with the plot. The love story is also perfect for younger girls who are more interested in puppy love then a Twilight level romance.
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